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The ITAT Dehradun ruled that deposits in employees’ bank accounts, even when handled by the business, cannot be treated as the employer’s unexplained income under Section 69A. Following a precedent in the assessee’s own case, the Tribunal confirmed these amounts belong to the employees.
A reassessment order was challenged because the Section 148 notice was issued in the name of the assessee who had died a year earlier. The ITAT ruled that a notice issued to a deceased or non-existent person is non est in law, deeming the assumption of jurisdiction and the entire reassessment process void ab initio.
ITAT Delhi ruled that WhatsApp chats recovered during a search, if corroborated by context and left unrebutted by the assessee, create a statutory presumption of correctness under Section 292C, leading to a sustained addition of ₹9 lakh as unexplained money. The Tribunal also directed the allowance of an 80TTA deduction claim for the abated assessment year (AY 2018-19).
The ITAT Bangalore directed the AO to allow the full deduction under Section 80P(2)(a)(i) for a primary cooperative credit society, holding that the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mavilayi confirms that these societies are not excluded by Section 80P(4). The Tribunal confirmed the society’s income was derived solely from transactions with its members.
The ITAT Jaipur ruled that an entire reassessment order must be quashed if the Assessing Officer (AO) makes no addition on the specific issue for which the case was reopened. Following the binding Rajasthan High Court precedent in Shri Ram Singh, the Tribunal held that the AO loses jurisdiction to assess unrelated, other escaped income (like LTCG) once the initial reason to believe is found to be incorrect.
PCIT initiated a Section 263 revision over AO’s failure to disallow cash payments under Section 40A(3). ITAT held that since AO had conducted adequate inquiry and taken a plausible view, revision was an invalid overreach and quashed order. The ruling affirms that a mere difference in opinion doesn’t satisfy twin conditions for invoking Section 263.
The PCIT challenged the assessment order under Section 263 over the AO’s acceptance of goodwill depreciation, warranty provision, and CSR-linked 80G deduction. The ITAT quashed the revision, finding the AO conducted due inquiry and adopted a plausible legal view on all three claims. The ruling confirms that an assessment order based on due inquiry cannot be revised merely on a difference of opinion.
Delay of 447 days by the Income Tax Department in filing an appeal was condoned against the acquittal of an accused in a tax evasion case, observing that the delay was caused by a bona fide mistake and disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chhattisgarh High Court held that assessee is barred from raising objection regarding jurisdiction after one month of service of notice under section 143(2) of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, ITAT absolutely justified in not entertaining jurisdictional question.
Court ruled that writing off bad debts in balance sheet and profit and loss account is sufficient under Section 36(1)(vii), clarifying that closing each debtor’s ledger account is unnecessary.
